Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Dear Fellow Pilots,











Dear Fellow Pilots,

If you'd like to help us tell this story and continue our quest to create our vision of the finished Book " Be an Aviator Not a Pilot" , you can do so by contributing to this project. Please use the email id this page. We greatly appreciate your support.

Read more about our production on the "Be an Aviator Not a Pilot" Blog.

The story of flight is a sweeping saga that has exceeded the imaginations of even those
who first dreamed it. And yet it unfolds (as all truly special stories do) in moments,
places . . . and people. Always and ever in people.

Just above the heads of most of our brothers, sisters, coworkers, and neighbors there
hang gossamer cathedrals of piled cotton below the cobalt dome of a perfect sky. But
fewer than one in 500 will ever experience this through the front window of a flying
machine. A Be an Aviator Not a Pilot Story seeks out the special few who have answered the call of the skies, those with the discipline, aptitude, and courage to become pilots.

Be an Aviator Not a Pilot in hangars and homes, at restaurants and on ramps,
A Pilot's Story tells the story of flight in the words of pilots themselves. What it means
to fly an airplane all alone for the first time. What it means to fly an airplane for the
last time. The easy rapport one can have with a person who is a complete stranger
but for the shared experience of flying.

And the excitement that consumes pilots at the opportunity to share this world of
aviation with non-pilots, airport communities, community leaders, and anyone else
who will listen.

Be an Aviator Not a Pilot is a book for anyone who has sat all alone in an aircraft, firewalled the throttle, charged down the runway, and rotated. And especially for those who might
if given the chance. For most people, the sky is the limit. For a pilot, the sky is home.

This is the story of the journey home. Be an Aviator Not a Pilot.



Contact Us :







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Capt Ankisha Awasthi
capt.ankisha@beanaviatornotapilot.in 


Thursday, September 2, 2010

Be an Aviator Not a Pilot

Be an Aviator Not a Pilot
by
Shekhar Gupta
Capt Ankisha Awasthi

» Synopsis

Be an Aviator Not a Pilot is a story of  Pilots in Aviation who are unable to cope.
This is not a book to teach you how to get into an Aviation School or even how
to live like a Pilot.  In fact, it describes how one can become a Successfull Aviator
not just an Airplane Driver [ So called Pilot ] with very small changes in life.

Also Why abroad trained Pilots are better Aviator and Why FAA, CASA, CAAP,
CAA are better civil Aviation Authority then DGCA.


Your feedback welcome at feedback.book@aerosoft.in
or  capt.ankisha@aerosoft.in

http://beanaviatornotapilot.blogspot.com/

Capt Ankisha Awasthi




Flying,  is something so unique in itself .No two flights can be same.


Everyday is different , and that’s the thrill of it.


This is an incident when I was being trained for my Private Pilot License.


Flying was good , instructors were great and supportive.


However as we used to discuss our daily progress among our buddy trainee Pilots,


I realized I was going slow irrespective of seeing how different their training was from mine.


Some time a thought is enough to break you and comparison can be the worst enemy,


It came into my mind and was set , that others are  better performers.


I stand somewhere behind among all .A only thought enough to break me! and anybody.


Irrespective of great efforts from my instructor as well as my side , things were not improving


My flying performance started deteriorating .As this little negative thought made a room in my mind.


I tried ,I practiced and I flied ,practicing , chair flying , studing..everything was done,


but response was still poor..


The little negative seed was buried deep inside...


Finally one friend tried to help and asked me to sit in a plane and chair fly with him.


He said that he will give me all the situations of flights and I have to react as if I am flying.


I agreed to try..


It was late night we drove 13 miles to flying school , saw an plane parked,


and we hopped in.


Now he quized me to begin with very first step to last ,to pre-flight ,to taxi ,to just touch all the instrument,make all the RT calls..and  feel it like as you really making it to fly..I did ,I assumed it right..and was following step by step.


Under procedure ,before starting an engine we got to say it loud –“PROP CLEAR”.


In order for proximity planes and people around to know that we are starting the engine..and they need to clear the propeller area.


I said prop clear , he asked me to say it loud


I again said prop clear ,he said louder.


High pitch was just not coming in.


It seemed as it was just not present in my throat. There was something stoping me to shout.


My own fear ,my own belief that I just can't.


He said and made me say it like 10 times ,pitch still remaining low


At last  rather then being so hard on myself ,and blaming my own self.


I thought to just shout it out once


Now this was the first time I thought ...hey shouting is not the big deal..I can,,


and I did shout...PROP CLEAR..it was loud...so loud.


That very act brought energy infact reservoir of energy within.


It generated the thought that I can make things happen..


it was like a ray of hope...the light .the shifting of mind...the ignition of fuel inside..


the rusted mind ..was shining again.


 I thought ..hey why on earth I was stopping myself


I m no less...


the very thought..change in outlook..different perspective ..changed everything.


After that every flight went well ,performance raised and there was no looking back.


I came among top student..the only competitor was my own self.


and underestimation was gone.as the doubt in my abilities went forever.


That day I realized how strongly can belief , positive thinking ,confidence can effect a flight or rather entire life.


After that I made more then 100 Safe n smooth Landings at various Airports of America.


I won, Got my Commercial Certificate with Flying colors..


and Today I am a USA trainind Comercial Pilot .....


Happy Landings.........




Capt Ankisha Awasthi
CPL  [ FAA, USA  ]
capt.ankisha@aerosoft.in
http://captainankishaawasthi.blogspot.com/